How to Set Your Own Splash Screen Image on Firefox Portable

Portable Firefox runs on Windows or Unix-based systems using Wine.

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition allows you to travel with all the customized features of your regular Web browser. These include tabbed browsing, saved passwords, bookmarks, Firefox extensions and pop-up blocking. PortableApps applications run on a removable drive for easy transportation, but the launcher includes a generic splash screen advertising the company's website. Changing the default splash screen is another way to customize the look of Portable Firefox. Use a Firefox image to unify your browser's theme.

Things You'll Need

• NSIS Portable

Instructions

1. Visit PortableApps.com and follow the instructions to download the NSIS Portable application.

2. Go to "C:\Program Files\FirefoxPortable\Other\Source" and click the "FirefoxPortable.jpg" file. Your directory path may vary slightly depending on the location of your Firefox Portable Installation Folder.

3. Rename the file "FirefoxPortable_old" and then drag the new image into the Source folder. Click the new image and rename the file "FirefoxPortable.jpg" to replace the original.

4. Launch NSIS Portable, select "Compiler" from the menu and open the FirefoxPortable.nsi file. This recompiles the NSIS script and creates an executable file.

5. Copy the FirefoxPortable.exe file and paste it to the root directory "C:\Program Files\FirefoxPortable." Launch Firefox Portable with the new splash screen.

References

• PortableApps: Help With Changing the Firefox Portable Splash Screen
• HowToGeek: Disable the Splash Screen in Portable Firefox (and Other Portable Apps)

Resources

• PortableApps: NSIS Portable